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The HDHomeRun DUAL streams two OTA channels to my Mac via ethernet cable. EyeTV allows me to view live TV on my 27" iMac (picture in a picture if desired), record and play back video with all expected features including instantaneous step back or forward with a user determined interval.

The live TV signal is carried by local wifi to my iDevice. (Elegato EyeTV App, $5 iTunes). Curiously no transcode is required for live TV. The App can also read the TVGuide, schedule recordings and play back recordings on my iPad/iPhone (perhaps others). Transcoding of recordings to H264 for wifi transmission is done in the background on the iMac. A one hour program takes about one hour to transcode. After transcoding the video is available directly to the EyeTV App on an iDevice and it is also dropped into iTunes available to any iTunes player on the network - I use Apple TV connected to a 40" Samsung TV. If that weren't enough EyeTV also provides Slingbox-like features.

$20 a YEAR for TVGuide enables 2 weeks of programing and series programing. In addition to “record the series…” the OSX app has smart guides that use booleans to select programs that are not listed as a series (like NFL Football + Cowboys).

EyeTV has an UI worthy of Mac.

Elegato dropped their OTA tuner hardware for North America a year or so ago, but the excellent software is still supported and current.

Perhaps in the future Elgato will integrate internet channels into the already exceptional software.

Obviously I really like Elgato EyeTV software in combination with the SiliconDust HDHomeRun DUAL 2-Tuner. It is a elegant OTA solution for the cord cutter. The reference to it in your blog indicates that Elgato may have fallen off your radar. As an expert, you might want to look again.

I have run EyeTV on several Macs that get the HD feed via wifi from an HDHomerun single and the dual for several years (3 tuners).

I configured both HDHomerun single and dual to Windows Media Center on a bootcamp partition. It looks fantastic in WMC with an intuitive UI. No need for a TV Guide subscription, WMC's includes the EPG too!

These devices are so outdated that Silicondust's support page doesn't even specify whether or not they are DLNA compatible. I figured since they are not recognized on an XBOX One that they are not.

I plan to upgrade the tuners so I can have DLNA support and expand this service to that XBOX One if the Dual and Single have that limitation. I would like to know what is the most minimal upgrade that provides that functionality without having to get the Prime tuner since I'm unplugged from cable/satellite and will not need to attach the cable card.